Compounding the traffic in that area Monday morning was a crash on the westbound lanes of Highway 138 near Quail Lake Road where a tractor trailer overturned. That crash led to the closure of Highway 138, according to CHP reports. Both sides were opened to traffic around the same time the 5 Freeway lanes was cleared.

The 15 Freeway, which also had to be shut down at the Nevada stateline Monday morning due to icy and snowy conditions, reopened just before 10 a.m. Monday, Feb. 18, according to CHP officials.

CHP and Caltrans officials advise anyone planning to travel through any of those areas of local mountain roads to check road conditions.

Beatriz E. Valenzuela is an award-winning journalist who’s covered breaking news in Southern California since 2006 and has been on the front lines of several national and international news events. She’s worked for media outlets serving Southern California readers covering education, local government, entertainment and all things nerd including comic book culture and video games. She’s an amateur obstacle course racer, constant fact-checker, mother of three and lover of all things adorable.

Join the Conversation

We invite you to use our commenting platform to engage in insightful conversations about issues in our community. Although we do not pre-screen comments, we reserve the right at all times to remove any information or materials that are unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane, indecent or otherwise objectionable to us, and to disclose any information necessary to satisfy the law, regulation, or government request. We might permanently block any user who abuses these conditions.

If you see comments that you find offensive, please use the “Flag as Inappropriate” feature by hovering over the right side of the post, and pulling down on the arrow that appears. Or, contact our editors by emailing moderator@scng.com.